Below is my column in the Hill on the need for a new “Church Committee” to investigate and reform the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after years of scandals involving alleged political bias. In response to criticism over its role in Twitter’s censorship system,...
Jonathan Turley
'Conspiracy Theorists…Attempting to Discredit the Agency': The FBI Attacks Critics Objecting to its Role in Twitter’s Censorship System
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 23, 2022 | Featured Articles
It is not clear what is more chilling: the menacing role played by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Twitter’s censorship program or its mendacious response to the disclosure of that role. This week saw another FBI “nothing-to-see-here” statement to the...
Censor or Else: Democratic Members Warn Facebook Not to 'Backslide' on Censorship
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 19, 2022 | Featured Articles
With the restoration of free speech protections on Twitter, panic has grown on the left that its control over social media could come to an end. Now, some of the greatest advocates of censorship in Congress are specifically warning Facebook not to follow Twitter in...
EU Threatens Musk With Sanctions Over Suspending Media…After Ignoring Media Bans Under Old Twitter
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 17, 2022 | Featured Articles
Despite my support for Elon Musk’s continuing efforts to reduce censorship and restore free speech protections on Twitter, I have been critical of some of his moves from his use of polls on restoring certain posters to the suspensions of media figures this week....
Oklahoma, Texas, and Other Schools Join UChicago Alliance on Free Speech
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 13, 2022 | Featured Articles
I have previously written of my pride as an alumnus of The University of Chicago in how the school has led the fight for free speech in higher education. It is also ranked as the number one free speech school in the country. The “Chicago statement” has become the...
From Shadow Bans to Black Lists, Musk Forces a Free-Speech Reckoning for Politicians and Pundits
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 12, 2022 | Featured Articles
Below is a slightly augmented version of my column in the Hill on the latest release of the Twitter files, confirming long-denied use of shadow banning and other techniques to suppress conservative and dissenting viewpoints. Here is the column: “We don’t make...
'Fool Me Once . . . ' Why the Public is Not Buying the Latest Media Campaign Against Twitter
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured Articles
Below is my column on the media response to the “Twitter Files,” including misleading narratives being repeated across various media platforms. The effort is to assure the public that there is “nothing to see here” but it may backfire. After Twitter employed one of...
Oh Canada: Trudeau Denounces China for its Failure to Allow Protests Over Covid Policies
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 2, 2022 | Featured Articles
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left many of us gobsmacked this week when he denounced China for its crackdown on protesters. Many of us denounced Trudeau for his authoritarian crackdown on truckers protesting Canada’s Covid policies. Trudeau used terrorist...
True Colors: J6 Staff Lash Out at Liz Cheney for Allegedly Burying Parts of the Investigation
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 28, 2022 | Featured Articles
There is a deepening division on the J6 Committee as staffers turn on Liz Cheney over the final report on the January 6th riot. Angry rhetoric is flying with staffers accusing the Committee of becoming a “Cheney 2024 campaign” while both the Cheney spokesperson and...
Companies Join Call to Suspend Advertising with Twitter
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 26, 2022 | Featured Articles
National Public Radio yesterday posted an article titled “Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says.” The article relies on a report from the liberal site Media Matters for America founded by Democratic operative David...
What Elephant? AP Denies that There is Any Evidence That Joe Biden Discussed Hunter’s Business Dealings
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 21, 2022 | Featured Articles
For those of us who have written about the Hunter Biden scandal and the family’s influence-peddling operation for years, it is routine to read media stories denying the facts or dismissing calls to investigate the foreign dealings. However, this weekend, the...
Washington’s Pandora’s Box: The Opening of the Hunter Biden Laptop Could Expose the Cottage Industry of Influence Peddling
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 10, 2022 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in Fox.com on the impact of the likely GOP takeover of the House on the Hunter Biden scandal. Hunter Biden’s laptop is Washington’s Pandora’s Box. Opening up that laptop to greater public scrutiny could expose our local cottage industry of influence...
'Political Hackery' is No Legal Conspiracy: Vindman Lawsuit Tossed by Federal Court for Failing to State a Legal Claim
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 9, 2022 | Featured Articles
While largely lost in election day coverage, United States District Judge James Boasberg dismissed the much heralded case of retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman against Donald Trump Jr., Trump ally Rudy Giuliani and others for witness intimidation and retaliation....
'How Do People Know the Truth?': Biden Unleashes Tirade Over Musk Restoring Free Speech Protections on Twitter
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 7, 2022 | Featured Articles
Elon Musk has not actually changed the “content moderation” policies at Twitter yet, but President Joe Biden went on a virtual rave on Friday over the prospect of free speech breaking out on a single social media site. As a type of censor-in-chief, Biden has led calls...
EU Warns Musk Not to Restore Free Speech Protections After Calls from Clinton and Other Democratic Leaders
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 4, 2022 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing how Democratic leaders like Hillary Clinton called on foreign companies to pass censorship laws to prevent Elon Musk from restoring free speech protections on Twitter. The EU has responded aggressively to warn Musk not to allow greater free...
Writers, Publishers and Editors Call for Termination of Barrett Book Deal in Latest Censorship Campaign
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 31, 2022 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing the rising support for censorship on the left in the last few years. Silencing opposing views has become an article of faith for many on the left, including leading Democratic leaders from President Joe Biden to former President Barack Obama....
'The Gates of Hell Opened': A Media Panic Ensues As Musk Takes Over Twitter and Fires Chief Censors
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 29, 2022 | Featured Articles
Thursday night I wrote a column on the challenges faced by Elon Musk in taking over Twitter and suggested steps to “hit the ground running.” One of those obvious steps discussed in earlier columns was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and head of legal policy,...
Fauci and White House Officials Ordered to Testify in Social Media Censorship Case
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 24, 2022 | Featured Articles
There is an interesting development out of a case in Louisiana where a federal judge has ruled that Dr. Anthony Fauci and White House officials must testify in a case alleging a backchannel for censorship on social media. The complaint in Schmitt v. Biden, No....
Will Musk 'End Twitter As We Know it'? I Sincerely Hope So
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 14, 2022 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in USA Today on the panic among political and media figures at the prospect that Elon Musk might return free speech protections to Twitter. I have long advocated what I call the “First Amendment model” for social media to replicate the standards...
The Golden Rule and the Hunter Biden Scandal: Three Questions Raised by the FBI Leak
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 10, 2022 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in the Hill on the noticeably narrow scope of charges referenced in the recent FBI leak from the Delaware investigation. The leak raises a number of intriguing questions in its wake. Here is the column: President Biden’s hot mic moment during a...
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